“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Friday T&A: Plain Jane Edition

Thank God It’s Friday, as always. This week has been another rough one, almost entirely for professional reasons, but as always, things tend to get better over time. And, as always, one of those things that make a difficult week better, is to take a look at a...

A hard lesson from the Dirt World

Do y’all remember what I wrote recently about how India has a serious illegal immigration problem from Bangladesh? Here is a rather good take on the subject that goes beyond simple anecdotal evidence, from Daniel Greenfield: India’s 2,582 mile border with...

So monogamy doesn’t work?

Articles on The Daily Mail are a lot like potato chips in a packet: you know that they are really bad for you, but once you start, you can’t quite resist indulging in one after another after another. This is partly why I don’t seem to get a whole...

“The Member of Parliament for the 18th Century”

The new Prime Minster of PommieBastardLand, Boris Johnson, may well be a bit of a clown – at least on the surface – but there is absolutely no doubt that he has some serious intellectual firepower underneath that floppy mop of silly hair and that big...

Monday morning scripting scandal

Mondays really are the potholes in life’s highway. Fortunately, I’m here to help you get through the day with the usual assemblage of videos, links, pics, and music so that you can get through this shit-show with at least a semblance of a smile on your...

HALO needs a major revamp

Seeing as how HALO Infinite is slated for release in 2020, a full five years after HALO 5: Guardians was released – which is by far the biggest gap between flagship HALO games in the franchise – here is an interesting perspective on the ways in...

Friday T&A: Short Circuit Edition

Here we are at Friday again, and it is a good Friday indeed in a lot of ways. We learned a lot during this week, and I learned a lot about myself. For instance, it turns out that I am a somewhat competent plumber (at least when it comes to changing the flush system in...

Immigrants are a global problem

Anyone who has not been living under a rock for the past five years knows perfectly well at this point that the one and only real political issue of concern to the entire Western world right now is immigration. Everything else is basically a secondary problem at this...

Convulsions of a dying empire

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world have a chance for it. — Walter Bagehot...

“You can be my wingman anytime”

The trailer for the very, very, VERY long-awaited sequel to Top Gun has finally been released, and actually, it looks awesome: That, my friends, is how you make a real trailer for a real sequel to… well, admittedly the gayest non-gay 80s movie...